Someone asked me why I am working so hard to get Scott Wiener vacated from office, his legislation voided, and his votes voided. The quick summary is that he uses deception to protect perpetrators of crimes, thus leaving people more vulnerable to victimization.
I could write a novel about all the horrible legislation he’s pushed and all the good legislation that he’s gutted. But most people won’t read a wall of text. Here is a succinct meme that Wiener’s opponent in the 2024 election made:
The issues addressed in the meme are only the top of the iceberg. The goal in his legislative work is to correct “inequities.” Most people confuse “equity” with “equality,” so when we hear something is “inequitable,” we assume it means that the system was somehow rigged to stop someone from having the opportunity to succeed.
However, when Wiener says “equity,” he means the opposite of what the average person thinks. Wiener’s goal is to ensure equal results, not equal opportunities to succeed. He consistently argues that if there is a demographic that is convicted for a particular crime more-so than any other demographic, that crime is “inequitable” and thus must be decriminalized. Of course, by decriminalizing these behaviors, he is leaving the general public more vulnerable to being harmed by these behaviors. Here are some specific examples:
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